Jingle Bells Dinosaur Skull

It was my son's idea to create a dinosaur skull that would sing jingle bells. This is the result of that project. The skull is controlled via servo motor triggered by the music. The skull, stand and mechanics were printed using a Makerbot Thingomatic. You can make your own by going to http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:14248

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• Dinosaur
• Skull
• Jingle
• Bells
• Makerbot
• Thingomatic
• funny
• Christmas

[LordZombieJesus]

Wow, i love this creation! I’m thinking of getting a Makerbot, but to recoup some of the costs of the initial purchase i want to make things to sell. The main thing putting me off though is the wildly varying quality of final pieces, sometimes i see things that are incredibly stripy with thick build lines, then i see something like what you have created here that seems very very smooth. I don’t suppose you could offer an explanation as to why i see such huge variations could you?

[rweaving]

@LordZombieJesus Acetone... That's the key. Acetone dissolves abs plastic, it is useful for smoothing the plastic. I also sanded this model and painted it with a mixture I made from abs plastic and glow in the dark pigment. There are photos Thingiverse of what it looked like before cleanup.

[LordZombieJesus]

@rweaving Ah i see, so you tend to get varying results from the basic model output, but when you see relaly nice models its because people have buffed them up a bit? Thats great to know, thanks so much! And again i love this model! If you ever have the time some how to vids on the polish up to the finished product would be great! ^-^